Wahome Wamatinga

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• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: important to note that water supply being a devolved function, the county governments which have been starved of the budget from the like Ministry are left to do the reticulation. Some of them rely on very old infrastructure. I have seen some counties lose as much as 70 per cent in terms of non-revenue water. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to be able to address this, we must come up with a comprehensive solution. Since, some of the water infrastructure goes cross-counties, we need to have water development agencies as envisaged in the Water Act of 2016, so that the issues ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: We must also be alive to the fact that some of the functions, especially in the water development infrastructure, have crosscutting issues that lie in multiple counties. The mega dams like the High Grand Falls will serve several counties. Therefore, putting a legal framework in place that will be able to govern the construction and later the repayment of the cost of the dam needs to be anchored in a law. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this can only be done if we amend the Act, as is currently constituted, to introduce other factors. However, we must also hold at the ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just wanted to inform my colleague that I did not say that county governments do not have the budget. I said that with the kind of allocation that county governments get--- view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: He has accepted. That is the point of information. view
• 5 Dec 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of Senate, today, 5th December, 2023- Report of the Standing Committee on Energy on its consideration of the Energy (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 42 of 2023). view
• 5 Dec 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of Senate, today, 5th December, 2023- Report of the Standing Committee on Energy on its consideration of the Energy (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 42 of 2023). view
• 5 Dec 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also support the Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. People like Lawrence Sifuna, Njindo Matiba, Charles Rubia and the rest shaped the history and the destiny of this country. In the spirit of the demise of Lawrence Sifuna who has fortunately been survived by a strong politician in the name of Sen. Edwin Sifuna who I seat with in one Committee has demonstrated his commitment to liberating this country regardless of the Party position he holds, is something, we as Senators, are very proud of. It is important for politicians to learn from the likes ... view
• 5 Dec 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also support the Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. People like Lawrence Sifuna, Njindo Matiba, Charles Rubia and the rest shaped the history and the destiny of this country. In the spirit of the demise of Lawrence Sifuna who has fortunately been survived by a strong politician in the name of Sen. Edwin Sifuna who I seat with in one Committee has demonstrated his commitment to liberating this country regardless of the Party position he holds, is something, we as Senators, are very proud of. It is important for politicians to learn from the likes ... view